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Unemployment plunges across Northwest Indiana

Lake County ranked second in joblessness statewide. LaPorte County was third, and Porter County eleventh. Cities in north Lake County were especially hard-hit by the continuing economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 10% of the population was unemployed in Gary and East Chicago, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The jobless rate peaked at nearly 20% in Northwest Indiana in April 2020, but largely has been declining since then. The jobless rate fell 0.4% to 7% in June 2021 across the Gary metropolitan area, which encompasses Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties. The unemployment rate in the Gary metro area was 7.4% the previous month and 13.9% in June 2020, not long after lockdowns were imposed at the onset of the pandemic.

Franciscan Health to require employees to get vaccinated

Franciscan Health, one of the largest hospital systems in Northwest Indiana and one of the Calumet Region s largest employers, will soon require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Franciscan Alliance CEO Kevin D. Leahy said the move was necessary to protect patients and staff at a time when delta variant cases were surging.  COVID-19 has taken 600,000 lives and infected more than 34,000,000 people in the U.S., he wrote in a letter to employees. With the emergence of a new, more contagious variant making up 83% of new cases reported in the U.S., Franciscan Alliance s leadership believes it is in the best interest of our patients, visitors and staff to take the next step to promote and facilitate health and safety, in the near future, we anticipate the need for all co-workers, medical staff members, volunteers, students and contracted workers to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.

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